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Definition of Six nations
1. Noun. A league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations).
Definition of Six nations
1. Proper noun. (rugby union) an annual rugby union tournament between the nations of Italy, France, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, the successor to the Five Nations tournament. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Six Nations
Literary usage of Six nations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"TREATY WITH THE six nations (1794) [The confederation of Indian tribes known as
the Iroquois, or six nations, included the Mohawks, the Oneidas, ..."
2. The History of the United States of America by Richard Hildreth (1877)
"The six nations still retained the right to traverse the great valley west of
... Hostilities with the six nations, now that war was threatened with France, ..."
3. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to ...by Pennsylvania Provincial Council by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1840)
"That according to our Desire some Chief men of the six nations had gone to
Allegheney, •J- carried that Belt with five others from these Nations; ..."
4. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"[six nations, a confederacy of Indian nations so called by the British ana Americans.
The French call them Iroquois. Formerly they were called the Five ..."
5. A History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft (1853)
"And, for about four hundred pounds, the deputies of the six nations made "a ...
After a pause, it was added—" The six nations have a great authority over ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... the six nations Indians to deliver, in their name, an address of welcome to
the future king, Edward VII. The latter was so impressed with the vivacity, ..."
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